Todd Bowles won’t rule Sam Darnold out this week

Posted by Darin Gantt on November 7, 2018, 4:19 PM EDT

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Despite a nearly immediate report that Jets quarterback Sam Darnold won’t play this week after he turned up at practice in street clothes and a walking boot, Jets coach Todd Bowles is a football coach, thus has to say certain things at certain times.

Via Darryl Slater of NJ.com, Bowles said he couldn’t rule out the rookie playing Sunday against the Bills. (Presumably, he can’t rule out that Darnold won’t be the next Attorney General either.)

Bowles was still referring to Darnold as “day-to-day” with a foot strain, and that he wouldn’t require surgery for the problem, ruling out a Lisfranc injury. He also said he wouldn’t play Darnold unless he was able to practice Thursday or Friday.

Darnold said after last week’s game with the Dolphins that he “got a little dinged up, but nothing that will stop me.”

Apparently that’s not the case, though Bowles said he didn’t realize it was an issue they got back home.

“I didn’t hear about it until Monday,” Bowles said. “I guess he got banged up, and I guess it got worse. I don’t know what play specifically. He told me [it happened] when he cut, but that could’ve been on any number of plays.”

The Jets have a bye after this week’s game, so there’s an extra week of rest, if, in fact, Darnold isn’t ready to go. (Or, if he ends up running the Justice Department.)

2 responses to “Todd Bowles won’t rule Sam Darnold out this week”

Funny his “Foot-Strain” comes after a 0TD-4INT game. Sam Darnold is playing like absolute trash right now, it’s probably best for Darnold they sit him for a few weeks and allow him to regroup letting McCown getting a start or two. Darnold seems to have regressed, the Jets cannot afford to ruin a young talented QB. The ownership needs to get an offensive coaching staff in there this off season that knows how to develop a QB and build that offense around Darnold.